Two arrested in Marsabit County with 51 kg of Ivory and Two Arrested in Isiolo County with 7 kg.
By Betty Njeru | December 3rd 2020 at 14:33:52 GMT +0300
Authorities said two suspects, James Legalorah and Lesarin Leejer were arrested at Laisamis town in Marsabit County with six elephant tusks, while looking for prospective buyers.
“James Legalorah and Lesarin Leejer were arrested by a combined intelligence and investigations team from KWS who posed as buyers of the tusks,” the agency said.
The other two Ezra Mutungi and Nahshon Gitonga, who were found with two elephant tusks weighing slightly over 7 kg were nabbed at Gambella trading centre in Isiolo County.
“It is suspected that the tusks belonged to an elephant killed in Gambella area last year,” KWS said.
Mutungi and Gitonga were then arraigned in a Isiolo court on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty.
They were granted a bond of Sh1.5 million each with a surety of a similar amount, while Legalorah and Leejer are set to know their fate later in the day.
Ivory trade continues to be a big challenge in Kenya despite numerous campaigns by the East African nation to safeguard her elephants.
